Blow moulded wheel

• US 20090058176A1
• Filed: 08/28/2008
• Published: 03/05/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Menza Limited
• Original Assignee: Menza Limited
• Inventors: Beirne, Patrick, Mullen, Thomas
• Application Number:
  US12/230,376
• Publication Number:
  US 20090058176A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 301/36.100
• CPC Class Codes: B60B 5/02 made of synthetic material

Abstract

A single piece blow-moulded plastics wheel 1 for a trash cart 6 comprises an inner hub part 2, an outer rolling part 3, and spoke parts 4. The hub part 2 has a bore 5 extending therethrough. A spacer section 8 projects outwardly from one side of the hub part 2 and a recess 15 on the opposite side. The spacer section 8 of one wheel is engageable in the recess 15 of another similar wheel for stacking the wheels during transportation and storage.

Claims

1. A wheel comprising a plastics body having an outer rim and a hub which defines a central inner bore extending from one side of the wheel, the hub having an integral spacer extending from one side of the wheel and a recess on the opposite side of the wheel.

2. A wheel as claimed in claim 1 wherein the spacer part is of complementary size and shape to the size and shape of the recess part so that the spacer part is receivable in the recess of another like wheel, on stacking.

3. A wheel as claimed in claim 1 wherein the spacer comprises an axially extending portion and a radially extending portion, the wall of the axially extending portion being contiguous.

4. A wheel as claimed in claim 1 comprising a spoke part extending between the outer rim and the hub, and a flange port between the hub and the spoke part.

5. A wheel as claimed in claim 4 wherein the flange part has a larger wall thickness than that of the spoke part.

6. A wheel as claimed in claim 4 wherein the wheel has a first flange part on the spacer side of the wheel and a second flange part on the recess side of the wheel.

7. A wheel as claimed in claim 1 wherein the wheel is a blow moulded plastics wheel.

13. An assembly comprising an axle and a pair of wheels as claimed in claim 1 mounted on the ends of the axle.

15. A garbage cart comprising a garbage receptacle having a wheeled axle assembly as claimed in claim 13.

8. A wheel comprising a plastics body having an outer rim and a hub which defines a central inner bore extending from one side of the wheel to an opposite side of the wheel, the hub having an integral spacer extending from one side of the wheel, the spacer comprising an axially extending portion and a radially extending portion, the wall of the axially extending portion being contiguous.

9. A wheel as claimed in claim 8 comprising a spoke part extending between the outer rim and the hub, and a flange part between the hub and the spoke part.

10. A wheel as claimed in claim 8 wherein the flange part has a larger wall thickness than that of the spoke part.

11. A wheel as claimed in claim 8 wherein the wheel is a blow moulded plastics wheel.

14. An assembly comprising an axle and a pair of wheels as claimed in claim 8 mounted on the ends of the axle.

16. A garbage cart comprising a garbage receptacle having a wheeled axle assembly as claimed in claim 14.

12. A stack of wheels comprising a first wheel and at least a second wheel,

the first wheel comprising a plastics body having an outer rim and a hub which defines a central inner bore extending from one side of the wheel to an opposite side of the wheel, the hub having an integral spacer extending from one side of the wheel and a recess on the opposite side of the wheel;

the second wheel comprising a plastics body having an outer rim and a hub which defines a central inner bore extending from one side of the wheel to an opposite side of the wheel, the hub having an integral spacer extending from one side of the wheel and a recess on the opposite side of the wheel;

the spacer of the first wheel being engaged in the recess of the second wheel.